Kristen Chenoweth speaks during the 63rd Annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on June 7, 2009, in New York.

Actress Kristin Chenoweth in 2006. The actress earned a bachelor's degree in musical theater from Oklahoma City University, which she attended on a full scholarship to study voice.

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Matthew Broderick and Kristin Chenoweth, co-stars of "Meredith Willson's The Music Man," take questions from reporters at the ABC Winter Press Tour in 2003.

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Patti LuPone as The Old Lady, and Kristin Chenoweth as Cunegonde, sing during the dress rehearsal for the concert version in 2004 of the Leonard Bernstein musical "Candide" at Lincoln Center in New York.

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Idina Menzel, left, and Kristin Chenoweth of "Wicked" perform during the 58th Annual Tony Awards in 2004 at New York's Radio City Music Hall. Menzel won the award for Best Actress in a Musical.

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Chenoweth as Annabeth Schott with Allison Janney in a scene from NBC's "The West Wing."

Kristin Chenoweth in the 2006 film "RV." Chenoweth starred alongside Robin Williams and Cheryl Hines as the bizarre but friendly Mary Jo Gornicke.

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Kristen Chenoweth as Olive Snook in a scene from ABC's Emmy nominated "Pushing Daisies." The role earned her Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series nominations at the Emmy awards in 2008 and 2009. The show was canceled in 2009.

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Presenters Kristin Chenoweth and Chi McBride joke around backstage at the Directors Guild of America Awards where their show "Pushing Daisies" won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series, 2008.

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Actress Kristin Chenoweth rehearses the song "That's How You Know" from the film "Enchanted," with orchestra director Bill Conti, in February 2008. Chenoweth performed the song at the 80th annual Academy Awards.

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Actress Kristin Chenoweth arrives for the 62nd annual Tony Awards in June 2008.

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Kristin Chenoweth attends a celebration of Paul Newman's Hole in the Wall Camps, Monday, June 8, 2009, in New York.